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Letters Patent No.7 8,215,[datecl May 26, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES POB. POLISHING WOOD.

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` Be it known that I, JOHN S. LOOMIS, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Machine for Sand-Papering and Polishing Wooden orv otherMouldings; and I hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, andeiract description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which are lettered to correspond with and form apart of thespecification.

To enable the publie to understand the nature oi' my invention, andthose who are skilled in the useful mechanic arts to construct andoperate the same, I will describe it as follows, to wit:

Figure lis a perspective drawing of my apparatus for sand-papering orpolishing wooden or other mouldings.

A is a horizontal movable bed, which is operated backwards and forwardsby a crank .upon the shaft S, or otherwise. i

B is a spring-block, the under side of which is fashioned to receive andcorrespond with themoulding M, and is provided with a sand-papersurface, next the moulding, or may be used without the paper by simplyemploying a feeder or sand-cup, D', which distributes `the sand, throghthe pipe T, upon the moulding to be rubbed with block B, which isoperated by the reciprocating bed A by means of the arm u.

C is the revolving polishingb'rush chamber, and is provided with anemery or sand-bor, D, which supplies the brushes W W withpolishing-material in a small uniform quantity, distributed through thefunnel-shaped tube by the jar of the machine. These revolving brushes, WW, are kept up at a. high speed by the rapid revolutions ofthetransverse shaft o. The brush N is moved horizontally upon the mouldingM bythe reciprocating bed A, and the mouldings M are fed through themachine upon the adjustable bed G, by the fiexible wheels E E', whichare also adjusted by any wellknown device to suit the differentthickness of mouldings, and the block B and stationary block may bechanged to correspond with the different-shaped mouldings upon the bedGr, which may be arranged upon springs to produce an upward pressure ofthe moulding M, in lieu of having the block B hung upon and operated bya spring, as shown in the accompanying drawings.

' The above-described machne may b e operated by thc band-wheels l 2 3 45, or by nny'other wel1-known mechanical means.

By the above arrangement I am enabled to perform the work of ten menperday, in a. more workmanlilre manner, by the employment of -two smallboys, one to feed the machine, and the other to remove the finishedmouldings. Therefore, i

What I`claimV as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is-

The sand-hlock or rubber B, cup D', pipe T, revolving brushes W W,dusting-brush N, stationary rubber F,

emery-cup D, and adjustable bed G, all combined and operating in themanner and for the-purpose substantially as described. Y I

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name, in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN S. LOOMIS.

Witnesses:

JAMES Younis, JAMES P. McLEAN.

